Riki Ryugasaki is the primary protagonist of B-Daman Crossfire, and a protagonist in B-Daman Fireblast. He is the Crossfire Champion, having foiled Rudy Sumeragi and Smash=Dragold's planned world conquest with the help of Samuru Shigami, Novu Moru and Basara Kurochi. He is also one of the B-Masters, being the B-Master of the East, alongside Kamon, Bakuga, and Jenta.

His current B-Daman is Rising=Dracyan, after having his Thunder Dracyan upgraded to the Emblem Charge System.

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Etymology

Kakeru (カケル) - to soar or to fly , to put (one's life) on the line. All together could mean "I'd put my life on the line for this dragon".

Appearance

Riki is an eleven-year-old boy with blue hair and crimson red eyes. His hair is a medium height reaching almost to his neck and has black eyebrows. He wears a large red and white sweater over a white shirt. This sweater is worn short sleeved it includes a hoodie and pockets. Riki also chooses to wear blue elbow pads and a white wristband on his left wrist.

Riki additionally sports orange sweatpants with blue designs that are rolled up to just below his knee. He wears white and red shoes with a blue lace cover on his feet.

Personality

Riki maintains a "never give up" attitude, always wanting to better himself and help others in any way he can. He cares heavily for his friends and is quick to make new ones all the time. When faced with adversity, he is capable of quickly changing his plans to work around them.

Riki is an avid fan of world history and geography, and has aspirations to travel the world visiting various ruins, tombs and geographical features. His catchphrase is "Mystery..." and has a tendency of saying it after hearing fascinating or mysterious things. After receiving his first B-Daman, Thunder Dracyan, he became a big fan of the Crossfire competition.

Riki's confidence has also changed with the introduction of B-Daman in his life. Prior to receiving Dracyan, Riki was quite timid and shy, and did not like talking to people he did not know. However, as time progressed, Riki came out of his shell and gained a significant amount of confidence when discovering he is the owner of a Legendary Dragon.

Trivia

Riki is the only B-Daman protagonist to not have red hair, having blue hair instead.

His hair and personality are similar to Aichi Sendou from the Cardfight!! Vanguard anime, who was timid when first introduced and eventually become more confident upon coming into contact with their series' main focus.

He shares his Japanese given name (Kakeru) with a minor character from Super B-Daman

He shares the same English voice actress (Mona Marshall aka Mikie Morgan) with Bull Borgnine from Battle B-Daman.

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